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Angels drain pitching staff in marathon loss to…
Angels drain pitching staff in marathon loss to Orioles
Orioles catcher Pedro Severino tags out the Angels' David Fletcher at home plate as he attempts to score the winning run on a two-run double by Mike Trout during the 15th inning of Thursday's game at Angel Stadium. The Angels lost 10-8 in 16 innings. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
By Jeff Fletcher | jlfletcher@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2019 at 1:37 a.m. | UPDATED: July 26, 2019 at 2:21 a.m.
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout gets set to bat during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jose Suarez throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Starting pitcher Jimmy Yacabonis #31 of the Baltimore Orioles throws against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim during the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits double against Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout stands on second after hitting a double during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout, right, dives safely into third on a wild pitch as Baltimore Orioles third baseman Hanser Alberto takes a late throw during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim reaches safely at third base under tag of Hanser Alberto #57 of the Baltimore Orioles advancing from second base on wild pitch by pitcher Jimmy Yacabonis #31 of the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Justin Upton #8 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits a sacrifice ball to score Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from third base against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout, left, scores on a sacrifice fly by Justin Upton as Baltimore Orioles catcher Pedro Severino gestures during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is congratulated after scoring a run on a Justin Upton #8 hit a sacrifice fly against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Justin Upton #8 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is congratulated after hitting a sacrifice fly to score Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim holds the bat in the dugout as he prepares to hit against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Albert Pujols #5 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim throws his helmet after striking with base loaded for the last of the third inning against relief pitcher Tom Eshelman #32 of the Baltimore Orioles at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Angels catcher Kevan Smith chases the Orioles' Anthony Santander during a run-down between home plate and third base during the fourth inning of Thursday's game at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols smiles as he talks to players in the Baltimore Orioles' dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout walks by a picture of Tyler Skaggs in center field prior to a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. Skaggs died on July 1. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, turns away after being hit by a pitch during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout, left, is congratulated by Albert Pujols after scoring on a sacrifice fly by Justin Upton during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Relief pitcher Luis Garcia #40 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim throws against Baltimore Orioles during the fifth inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Matt Thaiss, top, throws out Baltimore Orioles' Trey Mancini as Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Luis Garcia ducks during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles' Richie Martin, right, is congratulated by Anthony Santander after scoring on a single by Renato Nunez during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels' Kole Calhoun, right, hits a three RBI double as Baltimore Orioles catcher Pedro Severino watches during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles right fielder Anthony Santander makes a catch on a ball hit by Los Angeles Angels' Kevan Smith during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout, right, talks with home plate umpire Tony Randazzo after striking out during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels' Brian Goodwin, left, rounds first after hitting a solo home run as Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Mychal Givens walks off the mound during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles' Jace Peterson, right, scores on a single by Hanser Alberto as Los Angeles Angels pitcher Griffin Canning walks back to the mound during the 15th inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hits two-run double tote up the game against Baltimore Orioles during the 15th inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Angels' David Fletcher, left, is tagged out by Baltimore Orioles catcher Pedro Severino while trying to score on an RBI double by Mike Trout during the 15th inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Members of the Los Angeles Angels gesture during an official review following a close play at home after Angels' David Fletcher tried to score on a double by Mike Trout during the 15th inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles Friday, July 26, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Hanser Alberto #57 of the Baltimore Orioles congratulates Jonathan Villar #2 of the Baltimore Orioles after hit a two-run home run to break a tie game in the 16th inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Baltimore Orioles' Jonathan Villar, center, celebrates his two-run home run with Pedro Severino, left, as Los Angeles Angels catcher Kevan Smith stands at the plate during the 16th inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Centerfielder Stevie Wilkerson #12 of the Baltimore Orioles pitches in the sixteenth inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 25: Centerfielder Stevie Wilkerson #12 of the Baltimore Orioles is congratulated by Hanser Alberto #57 of the Baltimore Orioles after earning a save against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the sixteenth inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. Wilkerson came in to close the game after the Orioles ran out of pitcher. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM — Anyone who stuck around for the end of the Angels game on Thursday night/Friday morning will certainly be unable to forget it.
No matter how hard they try.
Not only did the Angels lose a heartbreaking 10-8, 16-inning game to the Baltimore Orioles, getting shut out by a center fielder for the final inning, but they exhausted their pitching staff to the point that they'll be in scramble mode for at least a couple days.
The Angels were forced to use Griffin Canning, who was scheduled to start on Friday, for the last two innings.
The 6-hour, 19-minute game ended at 1:27 a.m., shortly after Jonathan Villar gave the Orioles the final margin with a two-run homer against Canning.
The Orioles then had to resort to using center fielder Stevie Wilkerson to pitch the bottom of the inning. Flipping 55-mph tosses over the plate, Wilkerson retired the Angels in order, becoming the first position player to record a save since saves became an official statistic (1969).
The loss snapped the Angels' four-game winning streak. They had been 46-0 when leading after seven innings.
The Angels used eight of their nine active relievers, with Noé Ramírez unavailable because he was at home sick. Four of the pitchers were working for the third day in a row, including Adalberto Mejia, who pitched three innings.
Canning got the ball in the 15th as a last resort, as the Angels tried to squeeze out a victory on a night when their best relievers – Ty Buttrey and Hansel Robles – had each allowed runs.
Canning gave up the tie-breaking runs on a two-out single by Jace Peterson in the15th. He then allowed another run on a single by Hanser Alberto.
The Angels got Canning a second life when they scored three runs in the bottom of the 15th. Mike Trout's bases-loaded double tied the score and nearly won it. David Fletcher was called out at the plate as he tried to score the winning run.
"When it happened live I thought I got my hand in there, but I guess they didn't have enough to overturn it," Fletcher said. "When it's really close they usually stay with what they call on the field. I thought I got my hand in there. I'm probably biased though."
Ausmus also said he thought the play should have been overturned on the video review: "His hand was in there before the glove hit him in the chest. I think it's a tough call for (umpire) Tony Randazzo, but I think New York missed it."
After review of the play, the umpires stick to their call that Fletcher was out at the plate… 👀👀 pic.twitter.com/hZKAS8TWE7
— FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) July 26, 2019
Even though they came fractions of an inch from winning the game in the 15th, they at least earned Canning another chance to go back to the mound in the 16th. He got two outs but then gave up a single to Pedro Severino and a homer to Villar.
"He's not used to coming out of the 'pen, certainly not used to pitching at 1 o'clock in the morning," Ausmus said of Canning.
It's unclear now who will start the next couple of days for the Angels, who already had a hole in their rotation on Saturday. The Angels also will need to figure out how to cover their bullpen. The four relievers who worked for the third straight day will certainly be unavailable.
"We'll have to find a way," Ausmus said. "We're in a position where we need to win games. Every game matters, so we're gonna need some people that we didn't necessarily have on the roster or didn't expect to step up to step up and help us win."
It could have been a nice tidy victory in regulation if the Angels had held the 4-2 lead they took on Kole Calhoun's three-run double in the seventh inning.
Calhoun, who had two homers and four doubles in the previous two games, was all set to be the hero again.
Buttrey then entered in the top of the eighth and promptly allowed the Orioles to tie it. He gave up three hits, including a game-tying double to Wilkerson.
Robles, working for the third straight day, got the ball in a tie game in the ninth, and he allowed a homer to Trey Mancini on a 96 mph fastball at the top of the zone.
Brian Goodwin, who had entered the game for defense, bailed out Robles by hitting a game-tying homer in the bottom of the ninth.
That sent the game spinning into extra innings, as both teams exhausted their bullpens to try to secure the victory.
Hours earlier, Angels starter José Suarez had done all the team asked of him, getting two times through the order while keeping the team in the game.
Suarez was charged with two runs in 4-1/3 innings. He struck six of the 10 hitters he faced in the first three innings before the Orioles got to him for a run in the fourth. He was pulled after allowing back-to-back singles in the fifth.
The Orioles primary pitcher was Tom Eshelman, a product of Cal State Fullerton pitching in his fourth big-league game.
Eshelman was charged with one run in 4-1/3 innings. He struck out Mike Trout to strand two runners in the fourth and he struck out Albert Pujols to leave the bases loaded in the third.
Just adding some Kole to the fire. pic.twitter.com/zoRZaPNgIo
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) July 26, 2019
"B-GONE", said B-Good. pic.twitter.com/BsszCE5dFm
Jeff Fletcher | Reporter
Jeff Fletcher has covered the Angels since 2013. Before that, he spent 11 years covering the Giants and A's and working as a national baseball writer. Jeff is a Hall of Fame voter. In 2015, he was elected chairman of the Los Angeles chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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Dogs in religion
A dog after being decorated in Kukur tihar
Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), which are mankind's first and most common domestic animals, have played a role in many religious traditions.
1 Religions and cultures
1.1 Ancient Egyptian religion
1.2 Aztec religion
1.3 Chinese tradition
1.4 Christianity
1.5 Hinduism
1.6 Islam
1.7 Mesopotamia
1.8 Zoroastrianism
2 Atheism and criticism of religion
Religions and cultures[edit]
Below entries are arranged in alphabetical order.
Ancient Egyptian religion[edit]
The Ancient Egyptians are often more associated with cats in the form of Bastet, yet here too, dogs are found to have a sacred role and figure as an important symbol in religious iconography.[1]
Dogs were associated with Anubis, the jackal headed god of the underworld. At times throughout its period of being in use the Anubieion catacombs at Saqqara saw the burial of dogs.[2]
Aztec religion[edit]
Dogs had a major religious and symbolic significance to the Aztec peoples of central Mexico. Several ancient burial sites for dogs have been discovered in Mexico.[3]
Chinese tradition[edit]
Further information: Dog (zodiac) and Dog in Chinese mythology
The dog is one of the 12 animals honored in Chinese astrology. The second day of the Chinese New Year is considered to be the birthday of all dogs and Chinese people often take care to be kind to dogs on that day.
Christianity[edit]
Statue of Saint Roch with his dog, in Prague, Czech Republic.
A dog is mentioned in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, faithfully accompanying Tobias, Tobit's son and the angel Raphael on their journeys.
Jesus told the story of the poor man Lazarus, whose sores were licked by street dogs. This has traditionally been seen as showing Lazarus's wretched situation.
The Catholic Church recognizes Saint Roch (also called Saint Rocco), who lived in the early 14th century in France, as the patron saint of dogs. It is said that he caught the plague while doing charitable work and went into the forest, expecting to die. There he was befriended by a dog which licked his sores and brought him food, and he was able to recover. The feast day of Saint Roch, August 16, is celebrated in Bolivia as the "birthday of all dogs."[4]
Saint Guinefort was the name given to a dog who received local veneration as a saint at a French shrine from the 13th to the 20th centuries.[5]
A black and white dog is sometimes used as an informal symbol of the Dominican order of friars, religious sisters and nuns. This stems from a Latin pun: though the order's name is actually the Friars Preachers (Ordus Praedicatorum - order of preachers), it is generally called the Dominicans (after St. Dominic, their founder): Domini canes in Latin means "the dogs/hounds of the Lord."
Hinduism[edit]
Bhairava with his dog.
Dogs have a major religious significance among the Hindus in Nepal also in India particularly in Mithlanchal, North Bengal and Sikkim. The dogs are worshipped as a part of a five-day Tihar festival that falls roughly in November every year. In Hinduism, it is believed that dogs guard the doors of Heaven and Hell. This is a day when the dog is worshipped by applying tika (the holy vermilion dot), incense sticks and garlanded generally with marigold flower.[6] Sarama, the female dog of the gods, is described as the mother of all dogs.
The dog (Shvan) is also the vahana or mount of the Hindu god Bhairava. Yudhisthira had approached heaven with his dog,[7] therefore among many Hindus, the common belief exists that caring for dogs can also pave way to heaven.
Islam[edit]
Main article: Islam and dogs
The majority of both Sunni and Shi'a Muslim jurists consider dogs to be ritually unclean.[8] It is uncommon for practicing Muslims to have dogs as pets.[9]
In Islam, dogs are viewed as unclean because they are viewed as scavengers.[10] In 2015 in The Hague in the Netherlands, Hasan Küçük, a representative on The Hague city council for the Islam Democrats, called for the possession of dogs in The Hague to be criminalized.[11] In Lérida, Spain, two Islamic groups asked local officials to ban dogs from all areas frequented by Muslim immigrants, saying their presence violated the Muslims' religious freedom.[11] In Britain, police sniffer dogs trained to identify bombs carried by terrorists at train stations are no longer allowed to come into contact with Muslim passengers, following complaints that it was offensive to their religion.[11]
There are a number of traditions concerning Muhammad's attitude towards dogs. He said that the company of dogs, except as helpers in hunting, herding, and home protection, voided a portion of a Muslim's good deeds.[12] On the other hand, he advocated kindness to dogs and other animals.
Another source that supports the kind treatment of dogs in Islam is seen with the narration by Abu Huraira Volume 3, Book 40, Number 551.[13] He narrated that the Prophet said:
"While a man was walking he felt thirsty and went down a well, and drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, 'This (dog) is suffering from the same problem as that of mine.' So, he (went down the well), filled his shoe with water, caught hold of it with his teeth and climbed up and watered the dog. Allah thanked him for his (good) deed and forgave him. The people asked ``O Allah's Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving (the) animals? He replied: ``Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate (living being).[13]
Additionally many Muslim theologians have argued[citation needed] that the dog is not an unclean animal based on the inclusion of a dog among the Seven Sleepers as recorded in the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of the Qur'an,[14] which reads:
Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come up on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.
(Surah Al Kahf, Qur'an: 18)
Mesopotamia[edit]
There is a temple in Isin, Mesopotamia, named é-ur-gi7-ra which translates as "dog house"[15] Enlilbani, a king from the Old Babylonian First Dynasty of Isin, commemorated the temple to the goddess Ninisina.[16] Although there is a small amount of detail known about it, there is enough information to confirm that a dog cult did exist in this area.[17] Usually, dogs were only associated with the Gula cult, but there is some information, like Enlilbani's commemoration, to suggest that dogs were also important to the cult of Ninisina, as Gula was another goddess who was closely associated to Ninisina.[18] More than 30 dog burials, numerous dog sculptures, and dog drawings were discovered when the area around this Ninisina temple was excavated . In the Gula cult, the dog was used in oaths and was sometimes referred to as a divinity.
Zoroastrianism[edit]
In Zoroastrianism, the dog is regarded as an especially beneficent, clean and righteous creature, which must be fed and taken care of.[19] The dog is praised for the useful work it performs in the household,[20] but it is also seen as having special spiritual virtues. A dog's gaze is considered to be purifying and to drive off Asuras (demons). It is also believed to have a special connection with the afterlife: the Chinwad Bridge to Heaven is said to be guarded by dogs in Zoroastrian scripture,[21] and dogs are traditionally fed in commemoration of the dead.[22] Ihtiram-i sag, "respect for the dog", is a common injunction among Iranian Zoroastrian villagers.[19]
Detailed prescriptions for the appropriate treatment of dogs are found in the Vendidad (a subdivision of the Zoroastrian holy scripture Avesta), especially in chapters 13, 14 and 15, where harsh punishments are imposed for harm inflicted upon a dog and the faithful are required to assist dogs, both domestic and stray, in various ways; often, help or harm to a dog is equated with help and harm to a human.[23] The killing of a dog ("a shepherd's dog, or a house-dog, or a Vohunazga [i.e. stray] dog, or a trained dog") is considered to lead to damnation in the afterlife.[24] A homeowner is required to take care of a pregnant dog that lies near his home at least until the puppies are born (and in some cases until the puppies are old enough to take care of themselves, namely six months). If the homeowner does not help the dog and the puppies come to harm as a result, "he shall pay for it the penalty for wilful murder", because "Atar (Fire), the son of Ahura Mazda, watches as well (over a pregnant dog) as he does over a woman".[25] It is also a major sin if a man harms a dog by giving it bones that are too hard and become stuck in its throat, or food that is too hot, so that it burns its throat.[26] Giving bad food to a dog is as bad as serving bad food to a human.[27] The believers are required to take care of a dog with a damaged sense of smell, to try to heal it "in the same manner as they would do for one of the faithful" and, if they fail, to tie it lest it should fall into a hole or a body of water and be harmed.[28]
Both according to the Vendidad and in traditional Zoroastrian practice, dogs are allotted some funerary ceremonies analogous to those of humans.[22] In the Vendidad, it is stated that the spirits of a thousand deceased dogs are reincarnated in a single otter ("water dog"), hence the killing of an otter is a terrible crime that brings drought and famine upon the land and must be atoned either by the death of the killer[29] or by the killer performing a very long list of deeds considered pious, including the healing of dogs, raising of puppies, paying of fines to priests, as well as killing of animals considered noxious and unholy (cats, rats, mice and various species of reptiles, amphibians, and insects).[30]
Sagdid is a funeral ceremony in which a dog is brought into the room where the body is lying so that it can look on it. "Sagdid" means "dog sight" in the Middle Persian language of Zoroastrian theological works. There are various spiritual benefits thought to be obtained by the ceremony. It is believed that the original purpose was to make certain that the person was really dead, since the dog's more acute senses would be able to detect signs of life that a human might miss. A "four-eyed" dog, that is one with two spots on its forehead, is preferred for sagdid.[31][32]
The traditional rites involving dogs have been under attack by reformist Zoroastrians since the mid-19th century, and they had abandoned them completely by the late 20th century. Even traditionalist Zoroastrians tend to restrict such rites to a significant extent nowadays (late 20th - early 21st century).[22]
Atheism and criticism of religion[edit]
The Ancient Greek philosopher and critic of social mores Diogenes of Sinope was recorded as living with many dogs, seeing their freedom from self-consciousness and sincere enjoyment of simple physical pleasure to be admirable role models.
In an article in the New York Times Magazine atheist Natalie Angier quoted Frans de Waal, a primatologist at Emory University:
"I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you see examples of sympathy, empathy, reciprocity, a willingness to follow social rules. Dogs are a good example of a species that have and obey social rules; that's why we like them so much, even though they're large carnivores."[33]
A Newfoundland, the breed Byron eulogized, painted by Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
In 1808 the English poet Lord Byron expressed similar thoughts in his famous poem Epitaph to a Dog:
But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend,
Whose honest heart is still his master's own,
Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone,
Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth,
Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth –
While man, vain insect! hopes to be forgiven,
And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven.[34]
Black dog (ghost)
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^ Olga R. Rodriguez (Feb 14, 2014). "Aztec dog burial site found in Mexico City". Associated Press.
^ "Saint Roch"
^ Stephen de Bourbon (died 1262): De Supersticione
^ http://www.nepalhomepage.com/society/festivals/tihar.html
^ Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism, p. 53, by Wendy Doniger, publisher = Manchester University Press
^ Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, s.v. "Dogs in the Islamic Tradition and Nature." New York: Continuum International, forthcoming 2004. By: Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl
^ Susan J. Armstrong, Richard G. Botzler, The Animal Ethics Reader, p.237, Routledge (UK) Press
^ Sherman, Josepha (August 2008). Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore. Sharpe Reference. pp. 118–121. ISBN 978-0-7656-8047-1.
^ a b c Soeren Kern (January 31, 2012). "Muslims Declare Jihad on Dogs in Europe". Gatestone Institute.
^ Malik ibn Anas, al-Muwatta (Egypt: al-Babi al-Halabi, n.d.), 2:969. Reported in El Fadl
^ a b http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/040.sbt.html Compendium of Muslim Texts - Abu Huraira, Volume 3, Book 40, Number 551
^ Surah Al Kahf (The Cave)
^ Livingstone, A (1988). "The Isin "Dog House" Revisited", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 40(1), p54
^ Shaffer, Aaron (1974). "Enlilbaniand the 'DogHouse' in Isin", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 26(4) p. 251-252)
^ Livingstone ibid, 1988, p. 58
^ Shaffer, Aaron (1974) Ibid, p. 253
^ a b Boyce, Mary 1989. A History of Zoroastrianism: The Early Period. P.303
^ Vendidad 13:39-40
^ Vendidad 13:9
^ a b c Encyclopaedia Iranica:Dog. In Zoroastrianism. By Mary Boyce.
^ Vendidad 13,14,15
^ Vendidad 13:8-9
^ Vendidad, Fargard 15, passim, e.g. 21.
^ Vendidad, Fargard 15, 2-4.
^ http://www.avesta.org/vendidad/vd15sbe.htm Vendidad, Fargard 13, 20-28
^ Vendidad, Fargard 13:35
^ Vendidad, Fargard 13:50-56
^ Jivanji Jamshedji Modi, 1928, The Funeral Ceremonies of the Parsees, Anthropological Society of Bombay
^ The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research, by Solomon Alexander Nigosian, Published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1993, ISBN 0-7735-1144-X, 9780773511446 page 102 (page can be viewed via Google books)
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Museums can be significant agents in understanding and interpreting culture, society, and knowledge around the world. The trust we place in these institutions as guardians of knowledge and heritage, empower them to give meaning and context to the world around us. But the histories of collections and their movement into spaces such as the museum can also be contentious. This is particularly relevant in relation to collections from cultures that were formerly European colonies – collections currently held in Europe or in museums established by colonial authorities around the world. But can we consider colonialism as purely historic? How can we consider the ways in which contemporary power structures, politics and ideas shape the ways in which knowledge is now created and consumed?
The series will consider examples of different museums– specifically focussing on South Asian collections– and examine the role that curatorial decisions and interpretative strategies play in how these collections are understood. Eurocentric curatorial approaches have dominated museums spaces and interpretation and labels tend to perpetuate the power structures of the colonial past. Recently, public awareness around colonial collections has grown with demands for repatriation of objects and decolonisation of museums gaining momentum. It is crucial to situate these museums in their historical context, but it is just as important to understand their relevance in relation to contemporary notions of identity, multiculturalism, citizenship and belonging. With several museums now actively engaging with these narratives, how can we understand the relevance of these collections and museums today? What role do patrons, collectors and other gate-keepers of collections play in influencing how objects and artworks are understood?
University of Cambridge - International Programmes
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Conservative Senators Grill Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Over Suppressing Free Speech
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Mark Zuckerberg was under fire this week in Washington, D.C.
From the left the attacks were concentrated on his company's role in the 2016 election, though the Democrats also asked about privacy issues from groups like Cambridge Analytica and there was even some tin-foil hatted moments when some Democrats wondered about Facebook's relationship with the NSA.
From the right, the concerns were focused mostly on privacy-related issues, but Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ben Sasse (R-NE) also made sure to hit on the concerns of the average Facebook conservative.
Here's Cruz wondering why Facebook spends so much time silencing conservatives, but allowing liberals free rein to speak their minds?
Ted Cruz obliterates #Zuckerberg over political bias pic.twitter.com/Xq57ShmV8i
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 10, 2018
Ted Cruz: Let me ask the question again. Does Facebook consider itself to be a neutral public forum, and representatives of your company has given conflicting answers on this. Are you a First Amendment speaker expressing your views, or are you a neutral public forum allowing everyone to speak?
Mark Zuckerberg: Senator, here's how we think about this: I don't believe that — there's certain content that clearly we do not allow: hate speech, terrorist content, nudity, anything that makes people feel unsafe in the community. From that perspective, that's why we generally try to refer to what we do as a platform for all ideas.
Ted Cruz: Let me try because the time is constrained. It's just a simple question. The predicate for section 230 immunity under the CDA is that you are a neutral public forum. Do you consider yourself a neutral public forum or are you engaged in political speech, which is your right under the First Amendment?
Mark Zuckerberg: Well, Senator, our goal is certainly not to engage in political speech; I'm not that familiar with the specific legal language of the law that you speak to, so I would need to follow up with you on that. I'm just trying to lay out how broadly I think about this.
Ted Cruz: Well, Mr. Zuckerberg, I would say there are a great many Americans who I think are deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship. There have been numerous instances with Facebook; in May of 2016, Gizmodo reported that Facebook had purposefully and routinely suppressed conservative stories from trending news, including stories about CPAC, including stories about Mitt Romney, including stories about the Lois Lerner/IRS scandal, including stories about Glenn Beck. In addition to that, Facebook has initially shut down the Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day page, has blocked a post of a Fox News reporter, has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages, and most recently blocked Trump supporters Diamond and Silk's page with 1.2 million Facebook followers after determining their content and brand were "unsafe to the community." To a great many Americans that appears to be a pervasive pattern of political bias. Do you agree with that assessment?
Mark Zuckerberg: Senator, let me say a few things about this. First: I understand where that concern is coming from; as Facebook and the tech industry are located in the Silicon Valley, which is an extremely left-leaning place. And this is actually a concern that I have, that I try to root out in the company, is making sure that we don't have any bias in the work that we do, and I think that it is a fair concern that people would wonder about it.
And here's Ben Sasse (R-NE) asking Zuckerberg to define "hate speech," something Zuck fails to do, and pushing the tech CEO to realize that much of what the left calls hate speech is not actually hate speech.
.@BenSasse challenges Zuckerberg to define hate speech.
"Can you imagine a world where you might decide that pro-lifers are prohibited from speaking" on Facebook?
"It might be unsettling to people who've had an abortion to have an open debate on that, wouldn't it?" pic.twitter.com/mGHfnq4BWH
— IJR (@TheIJR) April 10, 2018
Ben Sasse: I think regulation over time will have a hard challenge. You're a private company so you can make policies that may be less than First Amendment full-spirit embracing, in my view. But I worry about that. I worry about a world where when you go from violent groups to hate speech in a hurry. In one of your responses to one of the opening questions, you may decide or Facebook may decide it needs to police a whole bunch of speech that I think America might be better off not having policed by one company that has a really big and powerful platform. Can you define hate speech?
Mark Zuckerberg: Senator, I think that this is a really hard question. And I think that's one of the reasons that we struggle with it. There are certain definitions that we have around calling for violence.
Ben Sasse: Let's just agree on that. If someone is calling for violence, that shouldn't be there. I'm worried about the psychological categories around speech. You used language of safety and protection earlier. We see this happening on college campuses all across the country. It's dangerous. Forty percent of Americans under age 35 tell pollsters they think the First Amendment is dangerous because you might use your freedom to say something that hurts someone else's feelings. Guess what? There are some really passionately held views about the abortion issue on this panel today. Can you imagine a world where you might decide that pro-lifers are prohibited from speaking about their abortion views on your platform?
Mark Zuckerberg: I certainly would not want that to be the case.
Ben Sasse: But it might really be unsettling to people who have had an abortion to have an open debate about that.
Mark Zuckerberg: It might be, but I don't think that that would fit any of the definitions of what we have. But I do generally agree with the point that you're making, which is that as we are able to technologically shift toward especially having AI proactively look at content, I think that that's going to create massive questions for society about what kinds of obligations we want to require companies to fulfill and I do think that that's a question that we need to struggle with as a country. Because I know other countries are, and they are putting laws in place, and America needs to figure out a set of principles that we want American companies to operate under.
Ben Sasse: I wouldn't want you to leave here today thinking there's a unified view in the Congress that you should be moving toward policing more and more speech. I think violence has no place no your platform, sex traffickers and human traffickers have no place on your platform. But vigorous debates, adults need to engage in vigorous debates.
We should be thankful for the vigorous defense of freedom that Senators Cruz and Sasse engaged in this week, but we should also pressure the rest of Congress to follow suit.
Normally, I would argue that Facebook is a private organization and can police speech as they see fit, but they also hold a true monopoly when it comes to social media and therefore we must apply pressure that would lead the company to err on the side of freedom, instead of the side of suppression and oppression.
I'm not arguing that we "break up" Facebook, but together we can and should demand that the platform remain as neutral and hands-off as possible when it comes to policing speech on its site.
Article posted with permission from Constitution.com
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Interactive Notebooks: Setting Up the Notebook - Hippo Hooray for Second Grade!
Now that we have AMAZING lessons all planned out, it's time to start teaching. First we need to set up our notebooks.
Materials Needed: notebooks, red and green card stock or construction paper, sticky notes, clear packaging tape.
My kids bring in 3-one subject spiral notebooks and 1-three subject notebooks at Open House before school starts. We use the one subject notebooks for math, science, and social studies. The three subject notebook is our literacy notebook. One subject for reading, phonics, and writing. I choose to use spiral notebooks rather than composition notebooks because they're bigger and cheaper.
I get to work right away labeling the Thinking Side and the Learning Side of the notebook. I use card stock or construction paper to make tabs that stick up out of the notebook. That way, no matter what page my students are working on, they can see the Thinking/Information tabs at the top of the page. I use red paper to label the thinking side and green paper to label the learning side. I chose these colors for a reason: Green means Go… Go ahead and write down the new information. Red means Stop…. Stop and think about what you just learned. This year I typed them onto the paper, but last year I hand-wrote them all. Yes, you can imagine how long that took me… Then I "laminated" the tabs with clear packaging tape. I covered the front and back of the tabs with the tape so that they are sturdy.
I choose to put my Learning/Information Side on the right and the Thinking Side on the left. Yes, I know that seems a little backwards, since we typically write on the information side first; however, I always tell my students we need to stop and think about what we've learned, and I like the physical "going back" to the left side to write down our thoughts.
On the back cover I also put an envelope to store small pieces. This year, I had a parent make me some out of construction paper and staple them to the back cover. You could also buy real envelopes if you wanted to. I don't put envelopes on my three subject notebooks because those have folders inside the notebooks, so we just use that to store our odds and ends.
I've also seen people attach a piece of yard or ribbon to the back cover for students to use as a bookmark to keep track of what page they're on. I tried that two years ago, but I found it to be more of a hassle than something helpful.
This Little Love is awfully tough on herself when she gave her After Learning ratings!
The next step in notebook set up is numbering the pages. Each lesson needs two pages, so I just count the lessons and double it. Students write the page numbers in the upper corner of each page. Students just use the red margin lines to guide where they write their numbers.
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So you might be thinking… if you don't use a book mark, then how do your students know what page they're on? I've seen people cut the bottom corners of their used notebook pages, but I haven't tried that. It seems like a good idea in theory, but if we don't have our scissors out, then it seems like an extra step. I also don't want 21 little paper triangles all over my floor. Honestly, my kids just know what page they're on. Even the slow pokes. We start every lesson on the table of contents page, and with the sticky notes, they can get there very quickly. My literacy notebook doesn't have a table of contents because it's more of a mishmash of skills and strategies, rather than whole units. So when we're working in our literacy notebook, I'll just say "Open up to the next clean page of the _______ section (reading, phonics, writing) in your Big Literacy Notebook." Then I circulate the classroom and help those that need it to get to the right page.
I think that's it? Did I miss anything? Let me know in the comments section below if you have any questions!
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Arrow Leadership International Ministries - Excellent Leadership Training.
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Campus Crusade for Christ International - Over 110,000 staff and trained volunteers in 150 countries.
Campass Direct - News of Christians worldwide who are persecuted for their faith.
Child Evangelism Fellowship - World wide ministry of sharing the Gospel with children.
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Christians for Armenia - Broadcast and literature ministry for Armenians organized by the Reformed Churches.
Christian Freedom International - Help to persecuted Christians through advocacy and direct aid.
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Did Chick-Fil-A Pretend To Be A Teenage Girl On Facebook To Defend Against Critics?
By Cavan Sieczkowski
Did fast food chain Chick-fil-A pretend to be a teenage girl on Facebook in order to save face amidst a swirl of controversy surrounding Dan Cathy's anti-gay comments? Though the company vehemently denies anything of the sort, that's exactly what some are alleging.
Chick-fil-A recently came under fire after Dan Cathy, the company's president, confirmed the company's anti-gay stance.
In response, the Jim Henson Company announced on its official Facebook page that it had severed ties with Chick-Fil-A.
Now, Chick-fil-A is reportedly telling customers that the toys previously included in its kids' meals have been removed due to safety reasons.
Skeptics took to Facebook to question Chick-fil-A's most recent claims.
First, one user named Chris posted a comment on the Chick-fil-A Facebook page saying: "Admit it, Chick-fil-A: you stopped carrying Jim Henson's puppets as kids meal toys because you got dumped for being bigots, not because some kids 'got their fingers stuck.'"
Then another Facebook user named "Abby Farle" responded to that post: "it was taken back weeks before any of this... check your info Chris... John 3:16."
But it wasn't long before another reader quickly noted that Farle's Facebook profile was created just eight hours prior and accused Farle of being a Chick-fil-A representative in disguise. That same user also found Farle's profile photo amidst a collection of stock photos on Shutterstock.com.
"Yep, Chick-fil-A is still stuck in its own reality and is doubling down on its lie," wrote Gizmodo's Casey Chan, one of the first to report on the incident. "Instead of owning up to the fact that The Jim Henson Company stopped doing business with them because they're overrun with bigots, the chicken sandwich company appears to have made fake Facebook accounts to defend its honor on the social network."
A screen shot of the alleged Facebook conversation quickly went viral on Reddit.
But not all users were so quick to take the Facebook post at face value; some questioned if the entire thing was a hoax.
"Take a step back and look at the situation. Lots of leaps are being taken here without any evidence," wrote one Reddit user. "I am just saying it is a big leap to think the company are behind this and not some religious nutjob."
A spokeswoman for the fast food chain spoke with Buzzfeed and denied claims that someone from the company was trolling Facebook to defend Chick-fil-A.
"We have seen this and it is not true," spokeswoman Tiffany Greenway told BuzzFeed. "Chick-fil-A has not created a separate or a false Facebook account. We don't know who created it."
Cavan Sieczkowski
Deputy Director of News & Analytics, HuffPost
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On Nov. 12, hundreds took the streets in Lowell to protest the election of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence. While many protests came to an end, dozens of Lowell-area residents reached the same conclusion: the mission of being the antithesis of what Trump and Pence stand for must turn into a movement.
From there, Solidarity Lowell was born. Lynne Lupien, another organizer of the group, considers the movement a mode of expressing a deep-seated rejection of what could potentially become normalized: misogyny, racism, and prejudice.
In the first meeting, dozens of people showed up. Lupien, who has worked in political organizing in the past, said the turnout and passion of participants has been inspiring.
While Green considers herself a liberal, she said fostering a safe world for her transgender daughter, Hannah, transforms the new presidency into something beyond politics. Hannah decided to come out publicly as transgender after the June 12 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.
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Even in a city such as Lowell, racism still runs high. In October 2015, the Lowell Sun reported incidents involving a high school class president receiving racist text messages, which sparked contentiousness within the school and the suspension of six students. The attitudes toward immigration of the new administration, Lupien said, will surely exacerbate the problem even in cities with high minority populations.
The wheels are already turning. The group, which meets weekly, has already begun planning many initiatives.
Bystander training, which Lupien said has already become increasingly needed amid the elections, teaches what to do when a person experiences harassment.
Green serves on the Safe Zones Subcommittee, which is currently lobbying businesses to establish themselves as safe spaces for people who feel they are in danger. When considered a safe zone, a business owner houses the harassed person and makes a commitment to keep them safe, including, but not limited to, calling the authorities to ensure the safety of a victim of harassment.
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The group ultimately hopes to bring resolutions to the city's government officials to make all of Lowell a safe place for the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and all marginalized groups.
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Yet at the very base of the matter, Lupien said doing the work Solidarity Lowell is involved in touches on something that is in all ways what it means to be an American.
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The Need for a Political and Economic Transition Strategy in Afghanistan
Report Aug 22, 2011
Report from July 2011 Trip to Kabul, Afghanistan
John Podesta, Brian Katulis, and Caroline Wadhams outline steps U.S. policymakers can take to promote a successful handover of responsibility to the Afghan government after U.S. troops withdraw.
Brian Katulis
Caroline Wadhams
Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Middle East
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Ask the Expert: Brian Katulis on the Afghanistan Transition
President Barack Obama announced the start of a security transition in Afghanistan earlier this summer that will give lead responsibility to the Afghan government by 2014. But the United States still lacks a fully integrated plan for the political and economic transition to complement the security transition. U.S. efforts have been almost exclusively focused on building the size and capacity of the Afghanistan National Security Forces, or ANSF, weakening the insurgency through military strikes, and maintaining recent security gains achieved in parts of the south during the 2010-2011 surge of U.S. forces and the International Security Assistance Forces, or ISAF.
This report is based on four days of meetings in Kabul, Afghanistan from July 27-30, 2011, with top Afghan, U.S., and international officials. Among the Afghan leaders, the team met with key figures in the current government, opposition figures, leaders in the Afghan upper and lower houses of parliament, and members of civil society and the private sector.
We found that the Afghan state is in crisis, with a broad range of Afghans warning that their country's fragile democratic institutions are crumbling. A number of obstacles to a successful political and economic transition exist, including unchecked executive power, serious discord among those political forces that accept the Afghan constitution, and many unanswered questions about the path forward to achieve a sustainable political settlement with the Taliban. If the current trajectory continues, the ANSF may have no state left to defend.
Based on our findings, we recommend that U.S. policymakers take the following steps:
Reset the relationship with President Hamid Karzai while still using leverage to advance reforms. U.S. officials should work to reset the relationship with President Karzai in a way that creates incentives for a broad range of actors both in and out of the Afghan government to build a more sustainable political system. Policymakers should attempt to utilize U.S. and international leverage more effectively to encourage these political and economic reforms.
Clarify the message. The Obama administration should assign one main interlocutor, presumably Ambassador Ryan Crocker, to manage its relationship with President Karzai, provide this person with high-level support from President Obama and his entire team, and clarify its short-, medium-, and long-term objectives to President Karzai and the region.
Support and invest in democratic institutions and forces. The United States should increase its support for institutions, the media, and broader civil society to strengthen checks and balances in the system in order to increase accountability and inclusion of more Afghans.
Support a more inclusive peace process. A successful reconciliation process will need to have high-level U.S. engagement, and better coordination between political reconciliation and a military strategy. Moreover, it requires transparency and broad participation from a wider range of actors.
Shift from a development strategy to a sustainable economic strategy. The process of helping Afghanistan create the building blocks for a sustainable economy has not yet begun in earnest. This would include prioritizing a small number of key initiatives that focus on economic growth, leveraging the private sector, and focusing support on regional integration.
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Q: Vue/ Nuxt - run code after the entire view has been rendered? I want to create a few functions after after the  entire view has been rendered / mounted:
export default {
  mounted: function () {
    this.example = function() {
      return 'example'
    },
    function() {
      console.log('mounted') // does not work
    }
  },
  created () {
    console.log(this.example()) // error
  },
  methods: {
    submitMessage() {
      console.log(this.example()) // example
    }
  }
}

Why do I get the error below at created()?
TypeError: this.example is not a function
    at VueComponent.created (index.vue:119)
    at callHook (vue.runtime.esm.js:2661)
    at VueComponent.Vue._init (vue.runtime.esm.js:4222)
    at VueComponent (vue.runtime.esm.js:4392)
    at createComponentInstanceForVnode (vue.runtime.esm.js:3674)
    at init (vue.runtime.esm.js:3491)
    at createComponent (vue.runtime.esm.js:5143)
    at createElm (vue.runtime.esm.js:5086)
    at VueComponent.patch [as __patch__] (vue.runtime.esm.js:5602)
    at VueComponent.Vue._update (vue.runtime.esm.js:2420)

Any ideas?

A: The created hook is called before the mounted hook. When the created() function runs, this.example has not yet been declared.
You will be able to call this.created() after it has been declared.
Refer to the lifecycle diagram.

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